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Date:      Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:16:44 +0200
From:      "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx>
To:        Lane <lane@joeandlane.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Rik Davis <rik_davis2004@yahoo.com>
Subject:   Re: Ports collection issue
Message-ID:  <4541F8AC.1030502@401.cx>
In-Reply-To: <200610262236.46586.lane@joeandlane.com>
References:  <20061027000754.86183.qmail@web58305.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <200610262236.46586.lane@joeandlane.com>

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Lane wrote:

> Adrian,
> 
> Use /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui and create a cvsupfile.  You can then 
> selectively install src-all, src-contrib, ports-all and any of the various 
> ports sub-trees that you need (but stick with ports-all).
> 
> cvsup will get the proper Makefiles and whatnot for you.
> 
> Email me if you need help setting that up.
> 
> lane

I would recommend using csup instead of cvsup.
It has fewer dependencies, is very lightweight and works very well
if you just want to occasionally checkout ports or src.
I believe that csup is also part of the basesystem in newer releases.

--
R




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